ISBN:
9781107551725
,
9781107121270
Language:
English
Pages:
xvii, 338 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
,
23 cm
Edition:
First paperback edition
DDC:
303.48/2540176709033
Keywords:
Merchants History 18th century
;
Pilgrims and pilgrimages History 18th century
;
Educational exchanges History 18th century
;
Intercultural communication History 18th century
;
India Relations
;
Islamic countries Relations
;
India Social life and customs 18th century
;
Islamic countries Social life and customs 18th century
;
India Commerce
;
Islamic countries Commerce
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Indien
;
Außenhandel
;
Kulturkontakt
;
Islam
;
Geschichte 1700-1800
Abstract:
"Based on the chance survival of a remarkable cache of documents, India and the Islamic Heartlands recaptures a vanished and forgotten world from the eighteenth century spanning much of today's Middle East and South Asia. Gagan Sood focuses on ordinary people--traders, pilgrims, bankers, clerics, brokers, scribes, among others--who were engaged in activities marked by large distances and long silences. By elucidating their everyday lives in a range of settings, from the family household to the polity at large, Sood pieces together the connective tissue of a world that lay beyond the sovereign purview. Recapturing this obscured and neglected world helps us better understand the region during a pivotal moment in its history, and offers new answers to old questions concerning early modern Eurasia and its transition to colonialism"--
Abstract:
"Based on the chance survival of a remarkable cache of documents, India and the Islamic Heartlands recaptures a vanished and forgotten world from the eighteenth century spanning much of today's Middle East and South Asia. Gagan Sood focuses on ordinary people--traders, pilgrims, bankers, clerics, brokers, scribes, among others--who were engaged in activities marked by large distances and long silences. By elucidating their everyday lives in a range of settings, from the family household to the polity at large, Sood pieces together the connective tissue of a world that lay beyond the sovereign purview. Recapturing this obscured and neglected world helps us better understand the region during a pivotal moment in its history, and offers new answers to old questions concerning early modern Eurasia and its transition to colonialism"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Prologue -- Introduction -- Cognitive patterns : accessing and making sense of the world -- A cosmic order: the meaning and end of life -- A familial order : ties of blood, duty and affect -- A relational order : intimates, strangers and plurality -- A communications order : language, writing and couriers -- A political order : temporal authority and governance -- Everyday practices : indispensable skills and techniques -- Flows and interactions : the connective tissue of the arena -- Conclusion -- Glossary.
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 306-333
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